DETAINED. EMAILS AND MUSINGS FROM A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THROUGH ABU GHRAIB, KANDAHAR AND OTH - Tecno-Libro

Over the course of five deployments to the Middle East since 9/11, Colonel (retired) Brian Rees documented his daily life at Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Kandahar, Camp Bucca and elsewhere, by writing emails to his friends and family: ...they fired their warning shots, disabling (engine block) shots, then lit up the vehicle with their .50 cal. killed two or three and wounded a half dozen more. the .50 cal produces horrendous wounds, not bullet holes, but big chunks just gone, no buttock, no shoulder, just erased. if it hits the torso, no ER visit, just straight to the morgue. the tragic thing: they weren t bad guys, just a bad driver. c mon guys, we ve been here three years, everybody in iraq knows, DON T TRY TO RUN AMERiCAN CHECKPOiNTS! DON T RUN UP ON AMERiCAN CONVOYS! it s like driving on the right side of the road, it s not optional.... i can t blame the marines, you ve got about 100 yards, just a few seconds to make the decision. if you don t fire, you and your friends can be dead in another couple seconds.